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7 injured, 1 critically, in Dallas Cowboys practice arena collapse
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| 27 minutes ago
Posted on 05/02/2009 4:32:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
An air-supported canopy over the Dallas Cowboys' practice field collapsed during a heavy thunderstorm Saturday afternoon, leaving one person critically injured and six others hurt, firefighters said. As many as 80 people may have been inside the facility when it was blown down shortly before 3:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. ET), said Mike Adams, a dispatcher for the Irving, Texas, fire department. Rescuers were continuing to comb through the wreckage beneath the fallen canopy, but, "Everyone as far as we know is accounted for," Adams said.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: arena; collapse; dallascowboys; nfl; practice
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To: JoeProBono
Is “air-supported canopy” like “canopy not supported at all”?
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:34:17 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Stay out of Mexico. Wash your hands. Keep your pigs outdoors.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:34:18 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
That’s terrible. Prayers up for those injured!
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:34:54 PM PDT
by
Pinkbell
To: JoeProBono
Raining like a waterfall here in North Tx.
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:36:23 PM PDT
by
tflabo
(Truth or Tyranny)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:36:28 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Pinkbell
Local news
12 injured none life threatening..
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:37:06 PM PDT
by
Milly
(An Aggie Grama .)
To: Tax-chick
Is “air-supported canopy” like “canopy not supported at all”? Sounds like the Minneapolis Metrodome - a giant Moon Bounce. It was always entertaining to watch the little elf people fight the wind going in or out. I know it's a sickness.
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:38:26 PM PDT
by
nina0113
(Hugh Akston is my hero.)
To: Tax-chick
Tennis bubble. There was (is) a church over in Smiths Station, Alabama that had one. We got a particularly nasty round of storms come though a few weeks ago, and now it looks the Hindenburg did on May 7th.
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:39:29 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(This tagline for rent.)
To: Milly
It’s good that none are life threatening.
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:40:40 PM PDT
by
Pinkbell
To: Viking2002; nina0113
It sounds like a dubious idea.
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:41:02 PM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Stay out of Mexico. Wash your hands. Keep your pigs outdoors.)
To: nina0113
Would that be what they used to call the baggie dome?
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:41:07 PM PDT
by
alarm rider
(Any country that tells you what light bulb to use is not a free country.)
To: Tax-chick
No, it's really supported by air (pressure). The canopies weigh a lot more than folks suspect, hence the injuries today.
Is “air-supported canopy” like “canopy not supported at all”?
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:42:04 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
("Everyone knows there's a difference between Muslims and terrorists. No one knows what it is, tho...)
To: Tax-chick
I've been inside a couple - not recently, but in the last fifteen years, so I'll assume they're still the same - and they also use positive air pressure inside to help keep them rigid. There's an airtight revolving door you go through to enter and exit. You can really tell the difference between the inside and outside air pressure if you have stuffy ears and/or sinuses.
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:52:32 PM PDT
by
Viking2002
(This tagline for rent.)
To: JoeProBono
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is escorted from the track at Churchill Downs at the 135th Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 2, 2009, in Louisville, Ky. An air-supported practice bubble that covers a practice at the Dallas Cowboys' facility collapsed during a strong thunderstorm on Saturday
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:53:50 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: Tax-chick
I think I'll take a pass on ever going into a structure like that....yikes.
Leni
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:54:27 PM PDT
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MinuteGal
(Hit "FReeper Convention" on Top of "Latest Posts" page for Fla. Post-Convention Report and Photos.)
To: Perdogg
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:59:20 PM PDT
by
Canedawg
(Support and defend the Constitution, and fight back against the Idiocracy.)
To: alarm rider
Never heard that one - I did hear it called the World’s Largest Kaiser Roll.
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posted on
05/02/2009 4:59:22 PM PDT
by
nina0113
(Hugh Akston is my hero.)
To: 4catsinmaryland; 4everontheRight; A message; A_Tradition_Continues; Abbeville Conservative; ...
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posted on
05/02/2009 5:05:00 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(University of North Carolina - 2009 NCAA basketball champs)
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